Electric power supply assembly with assisted establishment of electrical contact with a power-collecting track carried by an electrically powered vehicle
First Claim
1. An electrical power system for an electrically-propelled vehicle with at least one electrical power distribution arm articulated on a post, with such posts being positioned at intervals along a road on which the vehicle is traveling;
- the said arm is electrically connected to an electrical power supply, and is equipped with an electrical contact component used as a shoegear on a longitudinal conductor rail carried by the vehicle, characterized in that the following is provided for the arm associated with the longitudinal conductor rail carried by the vehicle;
a part of the arm that assists with optimal making of electrical contact between the electrical contact component of the arm and the conductor rail carried by the vehicle and incorporates a temporary contact and pressure component;
a travel lane present on at least a part of a front upper section of the vehicle, and mounted to a roof of the vehicle adjacent to the conductor rail and extending over at least a portion of the length of the conductor rail, with the said temporary contact and pressure component bearing and moving on the said travel lane at the commencement of passing of the vehicle under the arm, before the electrical contact component bears on the said conductor rail.
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Abstract
An electrical power supply system with assistance with the making of electrical contact, of a type having a power supply arm mounted on a post positioned alongside the road, entering into electrical contact with a longitudinal conductor rail carried on the vehicle, is characterized in that the arm has—at its end—a means of rolling or sliding that enters into moving contact with an adjacent lane alongside the conductor rail at the beginning of its length. This invention concerns the domain of electrically-propelled vehicles carrying at least one longitudinal power supply rail.
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1. An electrical power system for an electrically-propelled vehicle with at least one electrical power distribution arm articulated on a post, with such posts being positioned at intervals along a road on which the vehicle is traveling;
- the said arm is electrically connected to an electrical power supply, and is equipped with an electrical contact component used as a shoegear on a longitudinal conductor rail carried by the vehicle, characterized in that the following is provided for the arm associated with the longitudinal conductor rail carried by the vehicle;
a part of the arm that assists with optimal making of electrical contact between the electrical contact component of the arm and the conductor rail carried by the vehicle and incorporates a temporary contact and pressure component; a travel lane present on at least a part of a front upper section of the vehicle, and mounted to a roof of the vehicle adjacent to the conductor rail and extending over at least a portion of the length of the conductor rail, with the said temporary contact and pressure component bearing and moving on the said travel lane at the commencement of passing of the vehicle under the arm, before the electrical contact component bears on the said conductor rail. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- the said arm is electrically connected to an electrical power supply, and is equipped with an electrical contact component used as a shoegear on a longitudinal conductor rail carried by the vehicle, characterized in that the following is provided for the arm associated with the longitudinal conductor rail carried by the vehicle;
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